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the entire community affected by this great tragedy. and dr. phil, thank you for being here and helping us at least figure out to some extent how this can happen. and one thing i want to say is that: if nothing else, this is a time when we need to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, how do assault weapons and semiautomatic weapons end up in our elementary schools? if you want more information on anything you saw or heard today go to www.thedoctorstv.com. and last but not least, doctor's orders: hug your families a little tighter today. you never know if you are guaranteed tomorrow. thanks. ♪ ♪ (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 4 a.m. starts now.
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>> good morning, it is tuesday december 18th. we began this morning wf connectice schools are opening for the first time since last week's shooting. >> classes' will resume today or new town schools except those at sandy hook elementary. >> we're expecting more fuel services to be held today. >> renee marsh live from new town with more on how the people there are coping. >> there the next two to be very today. >> the morning continues in new town conn. today to more little bit as will be laid to rest. >> on monday more said a final goodbye to six your old jack pinto. >> as hard as any parent would take it. losing a first grader. >> a. large crowd showed up
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to say goodbye to secure old noah pozner. >> students in the area head back to school except for sandy hook elementary students. >> monday, supplies and equipment were moved to a neighboring town where sandy hook students will eventually turn to class. >> we need to lead with love. >> that is what i am seeing our community do. >> it is unknown why the 20 year-old gunman opened fire at the elementary school. police are interviewing witnesses answers for every evidence. >> we know as investigators the people of new town want to know what happened. we are going to do that. we are going to provide any and all information. we will cut a crystal clear picture as much as we can. >> the atf is canvassing the gun ranges in this area. the reason for that is being
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reported the shooter used to attend target practice with his mother. >> we are live this morning in new town connecticut. i am renee marsh. >> communities across the bay area are paying their respects to the victims of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. >> dozens of people attended a vigil last night at first presbyterian church in burlingame. >> many of those in attendance say they are in the same profession as some of the victims to empathize with their families. >> i am happy to protect the the children in such a heartfelt and selfless way. >> we tried the as we could. >> the will comes as the new town community holds its first funerals were the victims of friday's massacre. >> bay area schools have also seen their share of violence. >> the west contra costa
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county school district has been beefing up security of the last several years. >> homeelmes middle school in san paulo is considered a model for how to protect students. >> the school has five community safety officers and a local police officer keeping an eye on the property. also students and staffers have to wear photo ids. and just six months ago more than 100 security cameras were installed. thanks to nearly $2 billion in bond money. a third of the district's schools. have already been modernized. >> just a day after the connecticut shooting both oakland and san francisco held a gun buyback program. the result of nearly 600 done for taken off the streets. >> revolvers, pistols, shotguns, rifles, and assault rifles were collected over the weekend.
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>> for each gun turned in the owner got $200. a lot of the guns were illegal. >> this has been modified to a pistol grip. they have shortened the barrel. >> this rifle is a high-tech round rifle. it is a bet that the test. >> wow! on saturday 300 guns were turned in in oakland and 296 in san francisco. >> two boys, a 13 year old and a 12 year old have been arrested for illegally breaking into a vallejo home and stealing a gun. >> about one yesterday afternoon, police got a call about two boys running across columbus park boy carrying a rifle case. >> officer spotted them and chase them down. >> they found a 22 caliber rifle and some bullets. police say the boys broke into a home on i arena drive and were on their way to shoot a hole. there were
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taken to juvenile hall. >> 8 suisun man in custody this morning accused of posted on my comments that please consider criminal threats. >> 18 year-old sergio cabada was arrested for writing that he supports the connecticut school shooter's actions and that he thought about doing the same thing. here is a photo of him. he was arrested at his home in suidun . police say wanted to prevent any possibility of an act of violence. >> this morning it is a little cooler compared to the last few mornings we could see some areas of pettifog maybe some north bay fog possible. >> fog is in napa where visibility is down to a mile. >> this afternoon partly cloudy conditions a slight chance for a stray showers
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in the north bay for today. otherwise it should be a decent day. tonight clear skies and temperatures will be cold. you will feel the temperatures dropping. we have frost advisers in the bay area in the north bay as well. for later tonight overnight and early tomorrow morning. >> temperatures now 47 in downtown san francisco. mid '40's in oakland. '30's for napa in santa rosa. 37 in the bottle. half moon bay upper '40's. >> we are running five or 10 degrees cooler--37 in the bottlnavado. >> is like a chance for a stray showers in the north bay. the bulk of the rain that we will see arriving in the bay area will not start until thursday. get ready for cold conditions more details coming up later.
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back to you james. >> let us take a look at traffic. no reports of any problems. a beginning shot of your debris shot across west bound 80. a pretty easy commute from oakland into san francisco. >> the san mateo bridge where traffic on 92 of a light side. no problems to report. no problems on the high rise. >> the golden gate bridge traffic is not existent at the hour. there you go. one car. in the breakdown direction. if you are heading out to marin county for now is an easy ride. >> we will be back with more headlines on the kron 4 djrning news continues.
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and at 4:09. keeping an eye on wall street this morning. as market features indicate all three indexes are in the green in pre-market trading creat.
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>> let us take a look at yesterday's numbers. >> the dow jones up 100 points to 13,000 to lead to 35. >> the nasdaq also up 39 points to 3010. >> at the s and p also closing at 17. up to 1430. >> will be keeping an eye on the stock market all morning starting at 6:38 a.m. with the opening bell. >> also take a look at gas prices this morning as the national average continues to fall. >> here is a look at your bay area and gas prices. >> in san francisco the average right now is $3.61 for a gallon of regular gas. >> across the bay in oakland, it is $3.49 a gallon. >> and in the south bay it is also $3.49 for regular telecasts. >> the state average right now for california's $3.30-- $3.55 a gallon. >> a federal judge has
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denied a legal request by apple to ban u.s. sales of sam's are smart phone models. >> the ruling comes after a apple award more than a billion dollars in damages after a jury found sam's song at copy critical features of the iphone at ipad. >> earlier this year, and out for your call the jury 105 billion award a slap on the wrist. >> in turn, some argue that apple will try to tie them up in courts from the war rather than competing with it head on. >> san jose andzipcar announce a new deal that will allow 15 newzipcars to be part for free at city of lots downtown. >> to otherzipcars are already part in a nearby private lots. >> the pilot program, meant to encourage low-cost ride sharing in downtown san jose, was approved by the san jose city council reuter this year will offer a party
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for to 40 of the cars to bring real vehicles for up to 18 months. >> aaa expects a slight increase in the end of the year holiday travel. nearly 12 million californians are expected to erode our christmas and new year. that is up to% over last year. >> 10 million of those travelers will be on the road. >> near a million other troubles are expected to fly. >> s f o predicts fight will be the peak travel that they expect 130,000 passengers. >> twitter has not only serve as a hub for users to discuss television shows they are also posting their on accounts. nilson partnership with twitter will augment metrics by- guess they use through the
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social analytic service social died. nelson will began displaying social ratings during the fall 2000 term 13 seas13 season. >> of course more headlines for comeback. if will check
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we're back at 4:16. continuing our coverage on the connecticut school
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shooting. we're hearing more stories of courage. jane rosgene rosen lives near the school. friday morning, before anyone knew would happen, he discovers six terrified children and school bus driver on as far gone. >> there were children crying san we don't know what to do. there was blood. there was blood and then they said her name. and i prayed that it was not that teacher. >> that teacher was 27 year- old victoria soto she had shielded her students in a corner of room to keep them away from the gunfire. the sixth children somehow got away and were able to get to rosen home. >> a local cycle there this says society is not dealing well with the mental health problems of men and boys.
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>> he says it is necessary to ask the right questions in order to prevent violence. and says it is critically important to notice warning signs. >> some of the conduct and behavior problems we see in boys. also this engagement. mount men and boys are four more likely to go without needed mental-health treatment. then when they get treatment we also know becker clinicians are like less likely to correctly diagnosed boys and girls. >> he went on to say the only way to turn this around is to pay attention to unique needs of men and boys. >> meanwhile, the suspect in friday's shooting may have tried to buy a gun at dixie sporting goods earlier last week. officers say the shooter adam lanza was
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unsuccessful. the employes were interviewed by police. the chain is pulling a semiautomatic rifles from its stores nation wide. the chain says this is out of respect for the victims'. it is unknown how long that will keep the suspense is in place. >> also this morning as we continue to follow weather and traffic we want to bring anny hong to talk about the forecast. to show as on the wet weather is for to return to the bay. good morning anny. >> the cold as we have seen all year long. pettifog and north bay fog. partly cloudy and breezy. a freeze warning is in effect in the north bay. tonight and tomorrow morning it will feel very cold. >> mostly sunny and dry for tomorrow. >> beyond that a star rise on thursday wide spread
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rain and reconditions. >> temperatures now 47 degrees. san jose 46. concord in the lower forties'. livermore at 42. >> here is a look at satellite and radar picture. generally partly cloudy for today. we do see some areas of showers possibly in the north bay. a slight chance of showers this afternoon. otherwise, most of us in the bay area to stay dry. >> as i brought in view of north oregon getting hammered. also northern california of torture rica. showers not until thursday. before they arrive we are talking cold conditions. >> futurecast 4 tuesday night shows basically clear skies overnight. that will allow to cool things down and really chilly cold conditions. i am talking '30's in some conditions. maybe some 20s.
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>> wednesday morning we will start to see clouds increase. up toward eureka. the snow level falling low we will see some snow up in the higher elevations. >> wednesday night places like ukiah in the north bay you may see showers arrive. the showers will be in widespread we are talking rain by thursday and friday in it will be brief. the high for today 52 in downtown san francisco. mid fifties for oakland. 53 in redwood city. 53 for pleasanton and concord also. lower fifties for richmond vallejo and napa and the north bay. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows rain for thursday and friday. temperatures will be in the mid '50s by thursday. it is looking very cold conditions starting tonight tomorrow morning. again fog of pfizer is in effect for tonight and tomorrow morning. for the immediate bay area appearance of the
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north bay we're talking freeze warnings. again that as late tonight into early tomorrow morning. get ready for storms for thursday and friday. the weekend looks to be unsettled. >> here is change with the traffic. >> in no problems to report no hot spots is an easy ride for now. here is the ride on west bound 80 as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza. so far so good. no delays as you make your way into san francisco. >> the san mateo on 92 moving well. traffic on the right hand side the tell light is your commute from hayward to foster city. >> the golden gate bridge ride has been light all morning it continues to be that way. traffic in the south bound direction headlights from marin county to san francisco no problems. across the span. >> back to the new is the chp is looking for the five or six of the this americans who came to the aid of a driver and passenger of this
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truck and crashed into a grove of trees on a to 80 in millbrae. >> witness to say other drivers rushed over with fire extinguishers. both victims, men in their '40's, suffered major verse and were taken to the hospital. >> and, we know now the name of one of those people came to the hospital christine larsen . >> she is a nursing student at san mateo college. >> a preliminary hearing is set for today in a case of vigilante justice in san francisco. >> police said the parents of a teenage girl are charged with murdering a man that claim turned their daughter of a prostitute. >> this is a photo of a man who was killed. calvin sneed . he was shot to death in june. >> two of the people of also been charged with murder in the case. >> we will take a break when we come back we will have more on traffic and weather.
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so far a quiet morning around the bay. san francisco is at 47 degrees. it should warm up to the low 50s later this afternoon.
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we are back at 4:26. president barack obamas is narrowing a fiscal cliff negotiating gap with house speaker john boehner . >> the president is doing so by backing away from positions that he had been irene clad. obama now wants to raise the tax rate on those earning more than four much thousand dollars a year. instead of individuals earning more than $200,000. in families making more than to under $50,000. >> he has been seeking foreign borrowing authority, but is now seeking a debt ceiling that and hold for two years. >> while the white house and congress struggle to avert the economic fiscal cliff, dairy farmers are worried that the outcome of the
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effort could affect the farm bill in the prices. >> the last farm bill passed in 2008. >> if congress does not pass a bill that-a new bill by ja in the consent of milk prices to $6 a gallon. >> some dairy producers worry that shoppers would switch to export it dairy products. >> why senator daniel enna way has died. >> he died of respiratory complications that washington area hospitals. >> the 88 euro was the longest serving senator. >> he spent 50 years in the senate and was a medal of honor recipient. >> according to enna -ways office his last word was aloha . >> we can take a break and
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we'll be back with more traffic and weather and headlines and a minute.
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we're back is 4:30. as retail live look from our roof can we will tell you where to expect cold temperatures. you will feel it as a nicyou go up the door. >> want to update you on new town conn. newtown, conn. will face many more furor over the next few days. >> and students other than those who attend sandy hook elementary are to return to classes' morning. >> report uer ntisha lance has more as a community rocked by a tragedy to justify some normalcy. >> 6 year-old no luck pozner was laid to rest. >> there was not a dry when
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the mother spoke. tremendous passion. tremendous feeling. i think everyone was touched. >> family and friends also remember little jack pinto. little buddy wrestler. he was an avid new york giants fan. in fact, he was buried in a giant jersey. >> new town is forever changed. we came today as 18. that is a we are. >> most new town students will return to school this morning. >> students of sandy hook elementary will not. >> trucks filled with school materials headed to a neighboring town for a neighboring middle school. >> with the children come in the wall to the classroom
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that is as close as possible to the one they left. >> there is no official date when sandy hook will resume. i am natish lance reporting. >> the national largest gun rights group the national rifle association has gone silent. >> the groups face book page has disappeared and it is not sent a message on twitter since the extent of the connecticut shooting became clear. >> the nra leaders have approached on sunday talk shows. >> during past crew best- crisis since the group defended the rights of gun owners. but in cases, one political strategist says the nra's approach is possibly that-probably wise given the emotions involved. >> meanwhile the u.s. postal service has created an outlet for the outpouring of
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emotion following the school shooting. >> businesses news daily reports that the new town post office has been taking calls from people wanting to send letters, care packages and drawings for children. >> the post office has dedicated a post office box to the town. if you would like to send your own and those is the address is. p o box 3700, new town conn 06470. >> we could see pettifog in the north bay. napa is reporting low visibility down to a mile. this afternoon partly cloudy conditions. most of us since they dry. a slight chance for a stray showers today. clear skies will allow temperatures to drop quite a bit. we're talking a frost advisory late tonight or early tomorrow morning for the immediate bay area.
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freeze warnings for our friends in the north bay. temperatures now. are running five to 10 degrees cooler. >> 47 in downtown san francisco. daly city at 41. colder conditions in the north bay. 394 novato, santa rosa. napa to mid '30's also vallejo. oakland at 46. yvale in the mid '40's. >> we are watching a storm system that could bring widespread rain and breezy conditions starting in the north by thursday. we will have more details to let you know how cold it will fill tomorrow morning. first here is george with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning anny . it is a quiet ride around the bay area likewise start to the commute. no hot spot problems or delays. >> here is your commute check the bay bridge is a light and easy ride. >> east bay freeway is no
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slowing for highway 4 or interstate 80. >> a smooth and easy ride on south bay peninsula and north bay freeways. >> light traffic 4101 south bound james. >> that you james an attempted robbery in a san francisco pharmacy leaves a man with a gunshot wound. the robbery was reported around 630 last night. >> in the city's mission district. >> two people approached the man an attempt to rob the pharmacy. >> they shot the man and a lake and took off in his car. >> the man is expected to be ok. >> and east bay high school senior is being more to day after he was killed in a shooting in san francisco's bayview district. >> 17 your oldmontdreal blakely, was shot in the first block of a osceola lane on saturday night.
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>> the concord high school student played on the football team. >> many students at this organized be a social media to wear black today to more a blakely. >> san francisco police have not yet yet made any arrests. >> this morning firefighters are investigating small fire in san francisco's west feel all on market street. >> it happened around 815 last night. >> the fire was extinguished about 25 minutes later was in a flute coming from a restaurant in the building. >> one person and it will draw on the floor was assisted out of the building by firefighters. >> will take a break here it is for:36. it is 54 outside now. later this afternoon we are living for temperatures around 53.
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we're back at a 4:38. volunteers help some caring pets will help ease the pain of residents in newtown, conn. after friday's shooting. >> gary tuchman has more a group from the midwest to brought their dogs to help children cope their the dolls are making their way to a their epicenter in new town conn. >> to a therapy center. they'retherapeutic canines were transported 900 mi. in a van from illinois. >> this is routine, abby, prince, alter, maggie, hannah, barney ,shammy.
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>> these are covered box. what is the comfort of. >> when you are suffering in hurting they bring happiness to people help people process their grief. >> they are specially trained? >> they are specially trained. they're all train service stocks. we train them additionally to work with all different age groups. >> some people, we have seen this with children it brings a sense of calm is in a time of confusion. to sum it helps to process their grief. to some children have come up set and will walk away happy. >> are the dogs capable of being mean? >> these are lovable dog. >> when the strike began 4 covered dog. >> it begins at five and one-half weeks.
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>> if they turned upside down and they flail the cannot be covered dog. >> the objective is to be relaxed in that position. >> what other disast one month n new york and new jersey. we have been in indiana with the flooding. we had docked in missouri. >>, come here. this is walter. he is a comfort dog. it says right here please get me. >> how do you feel when you see a choctaw of your docs who has been in this situation. >> it makes me smile and i cried. >> amid the continuing sadness there were smiles. >> what would take a breawill td
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at 4:42. we will be back in just a moment.
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( male announcer): now here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly the driver of this minivan is being pulled over by a san mateo county sheriff's deputy in the city of millbrae. >> the reason, the driver did something all too many drivers do all round the bay. >> hi how are you doing the reason i stopped you. travers falling to yield-- failing steal to drive is in marked and unmarked crosswalks which is a huge problem in the bay. >> i stopped you because you made a right turn in their work pedestrian coming right at you in a crosswalk. you cannot do that you are obligated to yield to pedestrians.
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>> the san mateo kelly shares department which now controls the city of millbrae has been trying to educate drivers by issuing warnings. >> by this time they are in enforcement mode. >> these a man in the red shorts--shirt are decoys, they walk across the street to see his driver's falloff. >> some do like the driver was being hot while doing the right thing waiting for the pedestrian to get on the sidewalk, however watching this. the driver of the suv never stopped although the decoy and citizen or attempting to cross. >> he is immediately pulled over by a sergeant from the city of burlingame, the reason why he felt the yield is mind-boggling. >> for clarification mr. yang you were in a hurry because you had a flat tire. >> yes you heard correctly
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the driver said he had a flat tire. wait let us talk to him. >> you drove right in front of these people walking across the street, no i say that guy that he was not come moving. you see my flat tire. >> this driver was also cited for the very same violation. >> what happened back there? stop the red light and pedestrians going in each direction i felt there was plenty of room. >> at this intersection 56 driver stopped and 54 is your ticket, a difference thing on the same day 28 stops wanted to tickets issued. >> not including this woman was cited for jaywalking and another huge problem. >> let us take a look at the weather and traffic. >> matt is apache frost. partly cloudy and breezy today. tomorrow a frost advisory in effect for the immediate bay area. a freeze warning in effect for the north bay. overnight into early wednesday morning.
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otherwise for tomorrow mostly sunny and dry conditions. beyond that storms will rise for thursday. widespread rain and breezy conditions. >> hayward at 45 degrees. mountain view in the mid '40's. half moon bay upper '40's. napa is cold in the mid '30's. get ready for twenties and '30's by tomorrow morning. walnut creek the center is on vacation it is not 54 exactly 44 degrees. here's a look at our satellite and radar. we are expecting a nice day today. temperatures will be a few degrees cooler than average for this time of year. up north toward eureka there is rain falling in snow. >> but us from the view you will see--we are expecting showers and rain to ride not tomorrow that will be cold air. thursday is in the wet weather arriving.
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temperatures will feel cold for tomorrow morning. >> here is a look at our futurecast where you can see by wednesday night we're talking more snow up north ukiah and eureka. ukiah starting to see some green that means rain. the north bay will be the first area to see the rain in the morning our and the night our for wednesday. >> thursday it early-morning the more the rain arrives it will be widespread by thursday afternoon. the entire bay area. it will also be breezy. prepare the house for storm conditions. make sure your decorous cannot get blown away. meeting here is your eye for today 54 in sunnyvale and palo alto. lower fifties for fremont. fifties in san jose. campbell, los gatos. >> temperatures in the east bay fifties. 53 in hayward. 53 in danville. walnut creek
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up to 53. and the north bay a cold start '30's today. temperatures getting into the lower fifties for san rafeal. 50 in ocean beach in petaluma. downtown san francisco getting up to 52. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows generally dry today. a slight chance for a stray showers in the north bay otherwise, partly cloudy for tuesday. wednesday a lot of sunshine again cold may be the coldest morning we a seen all year long. a freeze advisory in effect a freeze owarning also an effect. >> a lot of moisture. the weekend looking unsettled. here is monday christmas eve. we will not get a white christmas here. some showers are possible for christmas eve and christmas day. the time is 4:49. he is george with your traffic. >> anny. it is quite around
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the bay area no major incidents in no problems on the bridges. are bridge check starts at the bay bridge toll plaza light traffic no delays coming in from the macarthur maize. >> interstate 80 the east shore freeway, the nimitz freeway all approach is looking good. >> the san mateo bridge 92 is clear. they may be some delays past popular man your driving% a tale on lot 01 a report of a accident on the shoulder. >> for the golden gate bridge crews are on the span changing the configuration. making it 4 lane southbound lanes north out and taking away the overnight buffer lane. >> your traffic maps as we pick up your ride on interstate 80. update your e shore freeway drive time there of commute yesterday. so far 12 minutes hercules to berkeley. the traffic through san ramon valley has no delays. disregard that 59 minutes i will put a live in it there that is not the
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case for westbound ride. looking at your commute in the south bay green on the freeway maps indicate speeds of 50 mi. per hour or better. the delays out to the west valley on 85 or 280 and an easy ride through the entire stretch of falling county from the county line to the golden gate bridge james. >> thank you george. it is 4:51. >> remember the easy bake oven. it has been a favorite of little girls for many years. >> the design has updated but there was something one girl thought was missing. >> so the 13 year-old girl petition hasbro to design an oven that both girls and boys could use. >> now there is a black and silver easy bake oven in the works. it will be in stores next fall. >> there is a recall to tell you about. >> it is called the water balz @ it other varieties
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growing sculls, h 20 orbs and fabulous flowers. >> the toys absorber water and can expand 400 times their original size. >> this can cause problems if a child swallows on. >> the voluntary recall comes after a baby needed surgery to remove it after swallowing one last year. >> a south bay charities working to make sure people have food for the holidays. >> giving, san jose's sacred ommunity services is looking to do it again this month. >> over 3200 families wanted--weighted in the rain yesterday to receive a box containing about 40 lbs. of food. >> said hartz says loud is expected to be able to deliver food boxes to all signed up for one, they're still looking for donations for the types of is.
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>> we are still looking for monetary is so the committee by the shirt or sweatshirt and up. >> sacred heart said the need for help is always there and donations are always welcome year around. >> we will take a break on the kron 4 morning news and be back with more headlines. here is a live look from the bay bridge approach. 46 degrees in oakland should warm up to mid 50's later this afternoon. >> of course the morning of december 14th when 20 your old adam lanza walked into the elementary school killing this 20 children and six adult before killing himself. who was see? while he carry out such a senseless act? >> that is the question dr. phil would be addressing this morning. that episode will air at 10:00 a.m. after the kron 4
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the time is 4:55. the sexiest man alive is about to get a new title elisabeth corridan explains in today's hollywood minute. >> the sexiest man alive is going to be a father. channing tatum. is are to be a father. >> the couple starred in said step up in 2005. the star says he is ready 45 a. >> martin scorsese is teaming up with a documentary about president clinton. the director calls the 42nd president a towering figure who remains a major voice in world issues. many president clinton gives his blessings thing he will share his perspective on his years in presented. scorsese will
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direct and produce a documentary. being the victims of the standing will a shooting is coping through song. a moving tribute was composed to the families and tide of heaven. >> ♪ posner says on instagram he hopes it will hold to ease the pain a tiny bit. >> i am always a big corridan. >> in it is back-to-school for many in new town conn. >> the latest refresh on friday school shooting coming up. >> and how they area schools are beefing up security. we will show you how one middle school is making sure it students are safe. >> plus cooler temperatures
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are on the way to the bay area. we will be keeping an eye on the forecast, as well as watching your morning commute. we will be right back on the kron 4
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(male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4
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news at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> our top stories we're following this tuesday, december 18th. we are waking up to cold temperatures in the bay area. we will get a check of your forecasts in just a minute. >> we want to begin with the latest out of new town conn. where it is back to school for students their fallen today's--friday's tragedy. renee marsh pass today's story. being she was 6 years old and she loved horses. >> the morning continues in new town, conn. to date. to harvest a will be laid to rest. on monday mourners said a final goodbye to six your old jack pinto. >> it was very sad. the family took it as hard as any parent would take it.
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link their first credit. >> a. large crowd showed up to say goodbye to six year- old no luck pozner. i started to cry. it was too close to harm. >> students in the area had back-to-school tuesday except for sandy hook elementary school students. supplies and equipment will move to a neighboring school in a neighboring town where sandy hook students will return to class. >> 22 lead with love and that is what i've seen our community do. we're putting our arms around people. >> it is unknown what is lousy year-old gunman opened fire at the elementary school. authorities are and to bring witnesses looking at the shooters/computer hoping to find evidence. we know the people of new town to know what happened. we are going to provide them information and all information. >> will pay a crystal clear picture as much as began. >> the atf say they plan on
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canvassing all of a gun ranges in this area. the reason it has been reported the shooter used to obtain target practice with his mother. we are live in new town conn this morning. i nominate marsam rene marsh. >> we are learning more this morning about the gunman adam lanza . a former director of security for an tam public schools says he had as berber's syndrome. though never thought that lanza was a threat or capable of such violence. >> we're also learning that lanza may have tried to buy a gun and exporting goods last week. >> officers say shooter adam lanza was unsuccessful and that employees at the store
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has been interviewed by police. the sporting a chain is apple in certain kinds of semiautomatic rifles of their cells. >> temper sports is by getting all their permits and licenses and having the police department go in and inspect their safety mechanisms to make sure the public is save their of those that would not a place open. >> of course nurse or rot in connecticut. right out there is a plain brown nearby as well as an apartment complex. >> they are upset that the city did not notify them that song was looking to open up a gun shop. >> the city says by law they do not have to have a public hearing for anyone looking to open up shop. >> will get reactions from the store owner is well as people war against the shop brought the morning. >> reporting from los gatos will tran kron 4 news. >> < update on the forecast. >> it is cold it will be
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colder. >> tomorrow morning it will feel very cold some of our colder temperatures we have seen all the year. a chilly start in the north bay we can see some patchy fog also potential for some fog. visibility, partly cloudy a stray showers in the north bay overall we should stay dry a slight chance for the stray showers. tonight clear skies temperatures will plummet. we are talking cold conditions the national weather service has issued a frost advisory overnight early wednesday morning. for the immediate bay area. a freeze morning also in effect until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow for the north bay. you want to put on layers. >> temperatures running about 5 to 10 degrees colder than yesterday's. mid-40s downtown. a cooler spot of north santa rosa upper '30's napa, vallejo 34 degrees.
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oakland at 43 degrees san mateo 45. fremont at 44. >> we are watching area of low pressure will bring us more widespread rain the next storm arriving in the next couple of days. we will get more details and a little bit. first here is george with your traffic. the morning george. >> good morning anny as we're taking a look at the ride through marin county. i received a report of an accident or stall. it was the first report located on lucas valley road. chp says there may be ailing block that is why we are taking a look at the rose censors. it appears everything is fine. let us get back to our bridge check. >> the bay bridge and your westbound commute still very light traffic here with no problems as you work your way in from the macarthur maize. as you head on interstate 580 and highway 4. we would normally seeing
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slow traffic things are moving beautifully. in the south bay peninsula we are problem free on one 01 at the 92 and 84 interchanges. >> thank you george. two boys, a 13 year old and a 12 year old have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a vallejo home distilling a gun. >> off yesterday afternoon police got a call that two boys were spotted running across columbus parkway carrying a rifle case. >> officers chased them down. they found a 22 caliber rifle and saw bullets. >> police said the boys broke into a home on irene drive an hour on their way to shoot at a home. >> they were taken to juvenile hall. >> a suisum man in custody this morning accused of posting on line, please consider criminal threats. >> 18 year-old sergio cabada was arrested for writing that he supports the
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connecticut school shooter's actions and that he thought about doing the same thing. >> here is a photo of him. he was arrested at his home in suisum. police say want to prevent any possibility of violent act. >> said francisco very quiet traffic wise. it is clear at the moment. it is cold out
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we are back at 5:10 a.m.. a legfederal judge denied a legal request by apple to ban u.s. sales of samsung smart models. >> the ruling comes after apple was awarded more than a billion dollars in damages after a jury found samsung have copy critical features of the iphone and ipad. >> earlier this year, apple lawyer called the jury's a 1.5 billion award a slap on the wrist. >> in turk, samsung argue that apple was try to tie them up in court around the
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world rather than competing with it head on. >> instagram has announced an update to its privacy policy in terms of service. >> the update will take effect january 16th and is part of facebook $1 billion acquisition of the fall of oceanside. >> instagram says that nothing has changed in terms of ownership or who can view them. >> it does, however, helpinstagram box and more easily as part of facebook by being able to share info between two groups. >> u.s. regulators to drop their investigation into global. >oogle. >> investigators were looking at how google ranks search results. >> google has been accused of giving the federal is a
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lucrative areas like a travel lore ranking in search results, thus making it harder for the customer to find them. >> of the federal trade commission is expected to conclude that googles actions were legal and imnd its more than two your probe of the company. >> if you are looking to the rain is coming. right now in san francisco is 47 degrees. looking for a high of is 52 this afternoon.
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welcome back is by 3:00 pm. continuing our coverage on the connecticut school shooting. >> we are hearing more stores of courage. >> gene rosen please send a school. friday morning, before anyone knew what had happened, he happened-that she discovered six terrified children and a school bus driver on a salon. he describes what happened next.
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>> if they said we cannot go back to the school. our teacher is dead. what we do. we do not have a teacher. >> f i said is a small gun or a big gun. >> then they said there was blood there was blood. and then they said her name. and i prayed that it was not a teacher and it was. >> there is the teacher who was killed 27 year old victoriasoto . one of six police were killed on friday. police say she had children or students in the corner of the wrong to try to keep them away from the gunfire. >> the six children somehow got away and were able to get to rosens home and tell him what happened. as we know 20 children were killed at the school. >> the time is 5:16 a.m.. we will continue to bring you updates and information about the connecticut school shooting. >> off as we change gears we're taking a live look to the approach of the bay
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bridge. it is an easy ride and clear outside. on the right it is crystal clear from mount tam of the camera is bouncing in the land. >> good morning we are talking about chilly conditions. it will also be breezy today. we can see some patchy fog in the north bay and areas of frost. >> may be breezy this afternoon. tomorrow morning we're talking about a frost advisory for the bay area. for the east bay in san jose. in the north bay a freeze warning in effect overnight into early tomorrow morning as well. >> chile today but tomorrow it will be very cold. tomorrow mostly sunny beyond that a star rise for thursday. that means widespread rain and breezy conditions. >> temperatures in downtown san francisco 46 degrees. ms. '40's for san jose. oakland 43. , at 40.
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livermore at 42. we are continuing to drop in temperatures before the sun rises. we could see '30's this morning. >> satellite and radar picture shows we're looking at basically dry conditions this morning. and for most of today a slight chance for a stray showers in the north bay. north of ukiah and into the rica area. what we have happening is a cold front approaching and then we will see temperatures drop especially tonight early tomorrow morning. it will be very cold the coldest conditions we have seen all year long. then we will see storms arrive by thursday, friday, the weekend will also be unsettled. >> futurecast 4 shows this wednesday night no rain. ukiah and eureka make it showers. by early thursday morning we could see some widespread rain it will be
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breezy especially on the coast. it will be heavy moderate to heavy more using the yellow and orange. >> in the north bay we could see two to 4 in. by thursday and into friday. the weekend looking to be unsettled even christmas eve looking to be potentially on the web site. >> temperatures below the average high 544 mountain view and sunnyvale. the same for palo alto. 54 for san jose. 51 in fremont. the ultimate '50s and the east bay. 53 for haywood castro valley and danville. pittsburg lower fifties. pleasanton at 53. >> and the north bay temperatures a cold start. the '30's temperatures getting up to lower fifties for petaluma, novato. downtown 7 cisco 52 degrees. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows generally dry today a slight chance for a little drizzle in the north bay. the frost
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early tomorrow morning a freeze on and off the north bay a frosted like to refer the bay area. >> thursday and friday widespread rain it will be breezy get out your storm here. make sure your holiday lights are secured. >> over the weekend unsettled showers and also monday into christmas leave showers are possible. the ththe time is 5:20 a.m. years george with traffic. >> not tracking any hot spots are looking at many incidents chp not too busy. >> the bay bridge and easy time as no delays on the approaches are across the span. >> 92 looks good and no delays here as you head westbound towards the high- rise and then out to foster city. >> from the commute to the golden gate bridge an easy ride through marin we will show you that in a moment. first but us take a look at your ride on the east shore
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freeway in the commute for interstate 80 west bound 13 minutes from hercules to know how to berkeley. >> no delays west to force out 680 a good start to the commute. westbound 580 still looks good with no delays disregard that time there it is running actually about 34 minutes out to dublin from the altamonte pass. >> in the south bay san jose, cupertino traffic to 80 north bound without delay from downtown 85 to the west valley looks good. >> 10116 minute drive from the coyote valley up to the montague expressway. >> under 25 minutes from the bottle down to the golden gate bridge. the chains. >> thank you george the chp is looking for the five or six good samaritans who came to the aid of a driver and passenger of this truck that crashed into a grove of trees on 280 in millbrae.
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>> witnesses say other drivers rushed over with fire extinguishers. >> both victims men in their '40's suffered major version were taken to hospital. >> they survived and now we know the name of one of those people came to help it was christine larsen she is a nursing student at san mateo college. >> the police would like to know the other good samaritans. >> it pulmonary hearing is set for today in a case of vigilante justice in san francisco. >> police say the parents of a teenage girl are charged with murdering a man that claimed turret their daughter into a prostitute. >> this is a photograph of the man was killed. calvin sneed . >> he was shot to death in june. >> the time now is 5:22 a.m. thank you for waking up with the kron 4 news. is chilly out there that still a live look at the san mateo bridge. it is an easy ride right now.
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" comwelcome back. it is 5:25 a.m.. >> in national's court documents say the gunmen in last week's or demolishing activewear and have talked about moving and selling its possessions. >> invesinvestigators a 20s year-old jacob tyler roads opened fire at the clackamas town center mall outside portland, killing two people and wounding a third, before taking is our life. >> hours after the deadly rampage, robbers to make got a tip my told detectives he thought roberts might be responsible. >> the right as robert began selling his longings are incredulous and often talked about moving to why. >> why senator danieln e nn- way has died.
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>> he died of respiratory complications a washington area hospital. >> the 88 euro was the longest serving censored. >> according to ennaways his last words were a lot. >> the army psychiatrist charge in the deli for the shooting rampages to appear in military court today. >> it will be his first pretrial hearing in more than three months. >> the judge is expected to discuss the trial schedule during today's hearing. >> major nidal hjasan faces the death penalty if convicted in the 2009 rampage that killed 13 wounded more than two dozen of is on the texas army post. >> it will be even colder tomorrow morning. we will get an update on your forecast with anny coming up in just a bit.
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time in live look at the golden gate bridge. we want to start off with anny and a look at the forecast erica a chilly start to the morning. it is nothing compared to what is headed our way. >> to our morning it see the best-conceived ptonight clear sd cold. temperatures will drop fast. frost advisory in effect late tonight into early tomorrow morning. for the entire bay area. a freeze morning also in effect for the north bay early to our morning until the clock. >> temperatures are in the '40's. they are dropping their it 46 in downtown oakland. san mateo 45. sunnyvale 44. convert lower forties'. vallejo the cold
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spot on the map 34 degrees. 35 in napa and '30's for novato and santa rosa. >> we may see in the north bay tomorrow night rain. we're getting ready for some cold temperatures. the cold as we have seen all year long. tonight and early tomorrow morning. i will fill you in on our next system for thursday. also how your holidays with for christmas. >> the time is 5:31 a.m. here is george with your traffic. >> good morning anny we're looking at light conditions but traffic getting a little congested in the east bay. >> the quick and check shows thrive on interstate 880 westbound looks good. 580 and highway 4 are starting to get slow. for a was ride. for your commute to the south bay, is a conditions are great. there is a problem on the peninsula. sandhill road at el camino and broken fire
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hydrant. this means that sandhill road is shut down in both directions. i will have more on that coming up. sarya . >> 5:31 a.m. schools in new town conn are opening their doors today for the first time since friday's deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school. >> that is 426 children died will remain closed. it is been designated a crime scene, and state police a could be months before the police turned the school back over to the district. >> in the meantime, school officials are making plans to send students to a from a school in neighboring towns. >> two more six zeros from sandy hook will be laid to rest today. the family of just the rekos picture on
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the right says she loved horses and is eagerly anticipating a pair of cowboy rubles for christmas. >> meanwhile, charlotte bacon is described as a bundle of energy in love school. >> services for both will be held today. >> a candlelight vigil will be held in pleasanton today to honor those killed in the sandy hook of a trickle massacre. >> it is sponsored by the i ohr elementary school pta, the visual will take place from 6 to 9:00 p.m. at amar al park, at 3400 in stride. >> donations for the families impacted by the shooting was also be except that the visual, and can be dropped off at a designated table. >> checks can be made out to the new town savings bank for the sandy hook support fund. >> meanwhile the u.s. postal service has created an outlet for an outpouring of a motion calling the school shooting.
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>> businesses new daily reports that the new town post offices been taking calls from people wanting to send letters, care packages, and drawing from children. >> the post office is dedicated a post office box to the town. if you would like to sing your own condolences, the address is p.o. box 3700, a newtown, conn., 06470. >> the massacre in connecticut has many residents in los gatos even more determined to keep a gun shop from opening its doors this sunday-saturday. >> kron fours wii tran has the details. >> there's nothing that says guns are gunshots. just the name of the stores. despite getting of their permits and licenses and even having the police go in and expect their mechanisms to make sure the public is safe. there are those would not want the place open. >> nerves are still raw in
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connecticut but people say here a playground is nearby as well as a a part of complex. >> they are upset that they were not notified that there was someone looking to open a gunshot. >> the city says by law they do not have to have a public hearing for anyone looking to open up shop. >> will get reactions from the store owner as well as people are against the shop throughout the morning. >> from now-as for now from los gatos will tran. >> the national largest gun rights group the national rifle association has gone silent. >> the groups face book page has disappeared and it has not sent a message on twitter says the extent of the connecticut shooting became clear. >> no nra leaders have appeared on sunday talk shows. >> during past crisis, the group defended the rights of gun owners but in this case, one political strategists as
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the nra approach probably wise given the emotions involved. >> we are learning more information about the local gun buyback program. >> just a day after the connecticut shooting both oakland and san francisco took nearly 600 guns off the street. >> revolvers, pistols, shotguns, rifles, and assault rifles were collected over the weekend. >> for each gun turned in the art at $200. >> a lot of the guns were illegal. >> on saturday 300 guns were turned in in oakland and a 296 in san francisco. >> we have a quick break when we come back we will have more headlines. a quick reminder of the bay area's favorite way to bring in the new year's. >> will bring you the best partisan as fireworks it can be seen here on kron 4 with catherine hennan and gary radnich. take it all in it
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>> in the aftermath of the sandy hook elementary school shooting there is lots reflection with the shootings that have gone on. here in the bay area, the fbi says gun related crimes have increased in san francisco, oakland, and san jose are the past decade. in san francisco, the number of robberies involving a gun nearly double from 77 in 2000 to 129 in 2010. this figure is per 100,000 people. in oakland a number of gun related robberies more than doubled from 182413. meanwhile in san
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jose the number of robberies rose from 15 to 22 during the same time period. >> in a recent poll conducted between friday and sunday 57 percent said the gun control should be made stricter up to 39% in april. three in 10 states should be kept the same, where in april 41 percent said it should be kept the same. while mimed percent said gun-control should be made less strict. many of those polled say they were not sure whether stricter gun control laws would have prevented friday shooting that killed 26 people. >> many say that the shooting at sandy hook is and not just an isolated act of one person, but rather broader problem in society. after the are more killings in july, just 24 percent of americans and a few research center poll said the shootings were reflected. bigger issues in the country. the number is more
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>> is 545 right now in the top studestories we're following right now students to return the class today in new town conn it was the tighter security. the town has distorted the process of carrying the 20 children who were killed last week is still on the edge some parents are likely to keep the children at home today. all schools except for sandy hook elementary are back in session today.
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fiscal cliff talks continue today house speaker jon baker will meet with house republicans to discuss the president's latest offer. sources familiar with the tatalks describe the white house plan to include 1.2 trillion dollars in new tax revenue is the same number and spending reductions. white house officials say they're hopeful of a deal. >> the use to the cold weather because it will be colder tomorrow. this morning that you can see some patchy frost in the north bay where temperatures are running cooler. there's a possibility for some north bay fog but we're not getting any reports of low visibility this morning. this afternoon partly cloudy and only a slight chance of a spray shower later on tonight. with ross advisory that goes into effect as well as a freeze warning overnight into tomorrow. what that means is
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that it will be very cold. temperatures right now are called is in the north bay. at 30 and santa rosa 35 vallejo. oakland is 33 degrees, mid-40s for downtown san francisco through san mateo. temperatures are continuing to drop until the sun rise. satellite and radar shows dry skies overnight and today we will overall state dry again. there's a chance for a stray showers in the north. there are showers in the riga area. there's a potential for showers late tomorrow night for the north bay and the cows. widespread rain for thursday friday and into the weekend and a bigger system comes through. 5:00 wednesday night and the north bay along the coast we
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may see some rain moving into the area. also the snow will be following vas well. rain moves and from the north and to the west and then it will rise by early thursday morning and become more widespread. it will be quite breezy so it will be a yucky, yucky day. 52 degrees in downtown san francisco a little below the average of 57. 51 for daly city and also lower 50s for santa rosa. 53 for at hayward and pleasanton oakland should top out around 55 degrees. 7 day around the bay a very cold morning, especially tomorrow morning. then the low 50s otherwise mostly sunny for your wednesday. thursday friday, widespread rain and breezy. we may get two to 4
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in. of rain especially in the north bay. the weekend, scattered showers are possible but it should be settled for christmas eve. the time is 5:49 a.m. and here is george. >> that morning, we will start with your ride to the bay bridge. the approach to the westbound ride, you could see conditions are pretty good here with no delays except for cash all lanes on the left-hand side of the toll plaza. otherwise it looks good, no reports of incidents or problems. the san mateo bridge ride you can see the commute look good. in both directions, light traffic and 11 minutes drive time. the golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound is still very light conditions for the ride in from marin
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county. going to the traffic maps will start with the east shore freeway were the westbound commute time is only 16 minutes. we're picking up a little slowing into walnut creek on 680 southbound from tree boulevard, north bay. westbound 24 still looks good. in the south bay we're not seeing any problems for 85 of the west valley or 280 headed out toward cupertino. there is a problem however, and palo alto on sand hill road at el camino. there was a broken hydrant said there is flooding on the roadway. sandhill is closed in both directions at alchemy know. >> the giants continue to
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put the band back together, they have signed right- handed reliever santiago casilla to a three-year contract with a club option for a fourth year. he had 25 saves last season. this off season the giants have resigned their entire bullpen with the exception of your most out. >> parents of some san francisco middle school students said they have started receiving letters describing their child's distress level. the letter sent by education research firm as part high international went home to students from 11 district middle schools. researchers with the firm say they are screening children for their exposure to trauma. an initial screening of six graders found one in every six students were at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder or other trauma related problems. >> aaa expects a slight increase in the end of year holiday travel nearly 12 million californians are expected to hit the road
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around christmas and new year. that is up 2 percent over last year. 10 million of those travelers will be on the road. near a million other travelers are expected to fly and as of 0 predicts friday will be the peak travel day. they expect 130,000 passengers. more workers are taking time off this holiday season. according to a poll conducted by the work force institute nearly 40 percent of workers plan to take christmas eve off while at 28% will take off the following monday which is new year's eve. about 15% to those days off in 2007 the last time those states fell on monday when a previous survey was conducted. for many people the various was busy at work and sell the catch of consequences of taking time off for a lighter. also for their motivation to take time off is that some workers face a use it or lose a situation where their annual leave. >> when you do the work on those days like we do, what
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no one is working. 552 is a time and we'll be back with more in a couple of minutes. we will continue our coverage of the connecticut school shooting. authorities are looking deeper into the mind of adam lanza of the 20 year-old student who went into the school in conn and opened fire. that is one of the things that dr. phil is would be talking with today. you'll hear more on the kron4 morning news and then dr. phil at 10:00.
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>> it is 556 and force have released its new stars under 2012. they are all under the age of 30. the list includes adele, lady data
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and just in beaver. others made the cut include songwriters and music producers such as betty wong co m&m riata amber room 5. for the full cut in categories of the music check out forum's web site. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news schools are open in conn but not those who attended sandy hill elementary. also toyota ithe krs continues in just two minutes.
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